PFAS Damages Assessment – State Government

August Mack was retained by a team of legal experts representing a State government to assess the damages associated with PFAS contamination of an entire State. The State has filed a claim against pFAS manufacturers asking them to be responsible for cleanup of environmental media throughout the State that has [...]

By |2023-02-15T10:16:59-05:00February 15, 2023|PFAS, Projects, Uncategorized|0 Comments

What is ProUCL?

ProUCL is a statistical software package developed by the USEPA using many of the concepts found in the RCRA Unified Guidance. Originally developed to evaluate concerns at a specific Superfund site, the USEPA has, after considerable feedback from the remediation community, continued to update the software with additional features and [...]

By |2023-01-23T09:29:19-05:00January 23, 2023|News, Uncategorized|0 Comments

August Mack Acquires Philadelphia Firm

August Mack is pleased to announce the acquisition of the assets of Comstock Environmental, an EH&S consulting firm, in the greater Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area. For over 20 years, August Mack has had an office in Lancaster, Pennsylvania that has been serving the northeastern region of the United States. This acquisition [...]

By |2022-04-08T11:00:37-04:00April 8, 2022|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Dealing with Management of Change (MOC’s) for Process Safety Management and Risk Management Planning

Management of Change (MOC) and Change Management are analogous elements for both Process Safety Management (PSM) (29 CFR 1910.119 (l)) and Risk Management Planning (RMP) (40 CFR 68.75).  Both are incorporated into PSM and RMP development as one of the 14 elements of each.  Simply stated, both are a formalized [...]

By |2022-01-31T10:16:21-05:00January 31, 2022|Compliance, News, Uncategorized|0 Comments

August Mack Acquires Compliance Technologies, Inc.

August Mack is pleased to announce the acquisition of Compliance Technologies, Inc. (CTI), an environmental, health, and safety consulting firm, of Cleveland, Ohio. The acquisition of CTI will help August Mack to further develop the Cleveland market and expand August Mack’s capabilities to support new clients while providing CTI’s current [...]

By |2021-12-17T09:42:18-05:00December 17, 2021|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Key Annual RCRA Notifications for SQG and VSQG’s

Two agency notifications may be required for Small Quantity Generators (SQG’s) and Very Small Quantity Generators (VSQG’s).  VSQG’s were formerly known as Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators (CESQG’s).   The 2016 Hazardous Waste Generator Improvement Rule requires SQG’s to re-notify the US EPA or state agency concerning their hazardous waste activities.  [...]

By |2021-04-15T16:51:54-04:00April 15, 2021|Due Diligence, Uncategorized|0 Comments

Understanding Soil Management Plans

Cleaning up contaminated properties can take a long time at great expense. In most cases, conducting a completely “clean” cleanup is not always feasible and can be cost-prohibitive. As a result, risk-based closures are becoming more common, which means residual contamination remains behind and environmental restrictions are applied to the [...]

By |2021-02-12T08:48:07-05:00January 6, 2021|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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